Due to unplanned issues with the website, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) has decided to push back ESA Awards' deadlines until October 25, 2018!
Don't miss this opportunity for helping to support our international (non-US) ecologists with the ESA Whittaker Awards or our students studying hot deserts of North America with the Forrest Shreve Award. More information is below and we hope to see your nominations for these exciting opportunities! Robert H. Whittaker Awards Please consider helping the Ecological Society of America (ESA) honor our international scientists through the Robert H. Whittaker awards. There are two Whittaker Awards, both of which recognize ecologists who are not U.S. citizens and who reside outside the U.S. The Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist award is an honorary award that recognizes an ecologist with an earned doctorate and an outstanding record of contributions in ecology. The Whittaker Travel Award specifically recognizes an outstanding ecologist in a developing country. They can be at any career stage. The Whittaker Travel Award provides funds for travel to the United States for research or to attend the ESA meeting, covering expenses up to $1200. Nominations for both awards can be made directly by the nominee or by an ESA member on behalf of the nominated ecologist. Nominations for these awards should include a curriculum vitae, a short description how the awardee intends to use the award (for the travel award only), a letter of nomination providing the rationale for the award, and no more than two additional letters of support. Forrest Shreve Student Research Award Students, consider submitting an application for the Ecological Society of America (ESA) Forrest Shreve Student Research Award, which is a $1000-2000 award given annually to support research in the hot deserts of North America: Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahuan, and Vizcaino. Projects should be clearly ecological and should increase our understanding of the patterns and processes of deserts and/or desert organisms. This is a great opportunity to gain some funding for your science and some recognition for your curriculum vitae! Send a proposal (not to exceed one page) describing the proposed research, specifying the research location, and explaining how the award would further the proposed research. Also, include a curriculum vitae and a short proposed budget describing how the money will be spent if awarded. A letter of reference should be submitted separately by a research supervisor or an appropriate referee familiar with your work. Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible, as long as they are currently enrolled in a degree program and are (or will become) members of the ESA. Don't miss this opportunity to advance desert science! Nominations for awards should be completed by Thursday, October 25, 2018 and submitted as a single PDF file to awa...@esa.org. Please find the full instructions and more information at https://www.esa.org/esa/about/esa-awards. Please send any questions about the Whittaker or Shreve awards to Sasha Reed at scr...@usgs.gov.
